Except as provided in this section, a grantor shall provide a dealer at least 90 days’ prior written notice of termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or substantial change in competitive circumstances. The notice shall state all the reasons for termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or substantial change in competitive circumstances and shall provide that the dealer has 60 days in which to rectify any claimed deficiency. If the deficiency is rectified within 60 days the notice shall be void. The notice provisions of this section shall not apply if the reason for termination, cancellation or nonrenewal is insolvency, the occurrence of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or bankruptcy. If the reason for termination, cancellation, nonrenewal or substantial change in competitive circumstances is nonpayment of sums due under the dealership, the dealer shall be entitled to written notice of such default, and shall have 10 days in which to remedy such default from the date of delivery or posting of such notice.
Wis. Stat. § 135.04
Notice of termination or change in dealership
Known as the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law
The act spans §§ 135–135 (11 sections).
Applied in 33 court decisions — leading case 201 Wis. 2d 320 - Jungbluth v. Hometown, Inc. (1996)
Most recently applied in 187 F. Supp. 3d 968 - Ervin Equipment Inc. v. Wabash National Corp. (May 2016)
1973 c. 179
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